A MAN IN FULL
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0374270325
- ISBN 13
- 9780374270322
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, accompanied by a letter of provenance. Idle (b.1943) is a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, as well as the parody rock group The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot.
In a posting for his Eric Idle Online! blog concerning his December reading in 1998, Idle wrote: "Full with a vengeance. A very heavy book. I feel he is more of an essayist who writes novels. There is something utterly unconvincing in his yarns. This one he hooks you on the story and sort of abandons it. Just too damn long for his own good. Set in Atlanta about a real estate shit he cannot totally hate, and a young wimp who discovers Epictetus and Zeus and, oh whatever...".
Synopsis
A Man in Full is a novel by Tom Wolfe, published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This 742-page satire portrays a high-flying real-estate mogul amid the intricate social dynamics of Atlanta, the vibrant capital of the New South, who is saved from a moral dilemma by the Stoicism of Epictetus. Part of the novel also takes place in Oakland, California. Most of the mainstream American newspapers and news magazines gave the book positive reviews.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76338
- Title
- A MAN IN FULL
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374270325
- ISBN 13
- 9780374270322
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Literature
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